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The First Death by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered... -
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsOn his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life... -
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe latest enthralling case in Tess Gerritsen's New York Times bestselling Rizzoli & Isles series, the blockbuster books behind the smash hit TNT series.Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area... -
In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the Barrens, a vast wilderness in northern Canada bordering the Arctic Circle, night consumes every hour of the winter. Humans are scarce; ferocious predators roam freely. Locals say spirits do, too. Rookie cop Tana Larsson doesn’t mind the dark and quiet. Five months pregnant and hoping to escape the mistakes of her past, she takes a post in Twin Rivers, population 320... -
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Long Shadows by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBOOK 3 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'SI don't know who I am. I don't know what I am. The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. But she's learned to live with it... -
Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's an idyllic late-summer day in Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is fly-fishing with his two daughters when he stumbles upon the mutilated body of a moose. Whatever - or whoever - attacked the animal was ruthless: half the animal's face has been sliced away, the skin peeled back from the flesh... -
Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers by Wilkie Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings9780957635142New... -
In the Heart of the Fire by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA bloodthirsty sheriff is terrorizing a small Texas town where justice has been buried with his victims. Until Nameless arrives—a vigilante whose past is a mystery and whose future is written in blood.Anyone who crosses Sheriff Russell Soakes is dead, missing, or warned. One of them is a single mother trying to protect her children but bracing herself for the worst. Nameless fears the outcome... -
Devoted by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom Dean Koontz, the international bestselling master of suspense, comes an epic thriller about a terrifying killer and the singular compassion it will take to defeat him.Woody Bookman hasn’t spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters... -
Kutter by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlie Stanlon is a serial killer. A ghastly, vicious sociopath who chains women to a table in his basement and tortures them to death. He has no friends. He has no family. He despises his co-workers. His only pleasure in life is to cause pain and terror......until the day he finds an adorable Boston Terrier and takes it home... -
The Harvest Man by Alex Grecian
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScotland Yard’s Murder Squad—and Jack the Ripper—return, in the extraordinary new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national bestseller The Yard. In The Devil’s Workshop, London discovered that Jack the Ripper was back, sending the city—and Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad—into chaos. But now it is even worse... -
Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"New York Times" bestselling authors Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, and Wendy Corsi Staub join forces to create a thrilling novel about love, revenge, and the dark secrets three women hold to a terrifying murder. . .A Killer Who Gets Away With Murder Once. . .It's been twenty years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School... -
Exorcist Road by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Possessed by a demon...or by the urge to kill?"Chicago is gripped by terror. The Sweet Sixteen Killer is brutally murdering sixteen-year-old girls, and the authorities are baffled.A seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy has attacked his entire family and had to be chained to his bed. His uncle, police officer Danny Hartman, is convinced his nephew is possessed by a demon... -
Theodore The Neighbour's Cat by J.S. Ellis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy roommate is a serial killer.And I have been powerless to stop him because I... am a cat.Don’t get me wrong, Dean has never been cruel to me. He provides me with shelter, toys, and plenty of affection. But I have seen his dark side, his brutal treatment of women, and I can’t bear to watch anyone else get hurt.Jane from next door is attractive for a human, not to mention being incredibly kind... -
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Coffin Road by Peter May
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe master of crime brings murder back to the Outer Hebrides.A man is washed up on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris, barely alive and borderline hypothermic. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clue to his identity is a map tracing a track called the Coffin Road... -
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson, Eva Kaminsky
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhile studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land.Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve... -
The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsElka barely remembers a time before she knew Trapper. She was just seven years old, wandering lost and hungry in the wilderness, when the solitary hunter took her in. In the years since then, he's taught her how to survive in this desolate land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at the mercy of the elements and each other...Categorized as:
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The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTexas-based crime reporter Molly Cates has just published her first book, describing the blood-curdling exploits of serial killer Louie Bronk. Now on death row, Louie's sentence is about to be carried out. Molly will be there as a witness, and she wants to write about it, the final coda to Louie's story... -
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsImitation is the sincerest form of flattery... When body parts are found on the banks of the River Thames in Deptford, DI Anjelica Henley is tasked with finding the killer. Eerie echoes of previous crimes lead Henley to question Peter Olivier, aka The Jigsaw Killer, who is currently serving a life sentence for a series of horrific murders... -
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, Igor Rendić
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsThis is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.All these things are true. And yet they are all lies...You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. That's where you're wrong.In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried... -
Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand
Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Shirley Jackson Award-winner Elizabeth Hand comes a haunting and atmospheric new mystery perfect for fans of White Lotus, about a young man hired to work as a caretaker in Hawaiʻi who is drawn into the island's darkest secrets. Grady Kendall applies to work as a live-in caretaker for a luxury property in Hawaiʻi on a whim—it's as far from small-town Maine as he can imagine... -
Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's scary being the new dog.In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can't remember what happened. She doesn't know how she ended up in this house. She doesn't recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened but she just... can't... recall... Wait! Where's her lady? It's all coming back to her now, and it's enough to raise Sophie's hackles... -
Stray Dogs #5 by Tony Fleecs, Brad Simpson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime’s up. No more sniffing around, no more barking, no more hiding. The dogs have to get out of this house. Now. But standing between them and freedom is their best friend…and their worst nightmare. They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners.Final issue.“The most wickedly cool new comic I’ve seen in a long while. Dark and inventive and utterly delightful... -
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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLive, laugh, shed blood. Dexter meets Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town in this twisted debut graphic novel.Don’t murder the locals—this is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule... -
Stray Dogs #2 by Tony Fleecs, Brad Simpson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething doesn’t smell right! None of the dogs know what happens behind that door at the end of the hallway. All they know is there’s a punishment for sniffing around it. What secrets are hidden in the Master's Forbidden Room?“Stray Dogs is one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard, made all the better by flawless execution and a mastery of tone. My new favorite book... -
Happy! by Grant Morrison, Darick Robertson
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMeet Nick Sax, a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hit-man, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema, and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose, Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas...
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